Children's Wardrobe - Boys

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."  Gal. 6:9

I'm doing lots of good and growing pretty weary.  My living room is covered in clothes.  I'm so tired of the laundry piling up, that I'm seriously trimming down the amount of clothes that the boys have.  I tend to put them in the same 4 or 5 outfits anyway, so now I'm getting rid of all the clothes that they never wear.

I've only completed the 2 olders' closet, and I have three trashbag full of clothes to show for it!  Woo hoo.  When I'm all done, I'll get all the trashbags together, plus all the Rubbermaids full of clothes in storage, and sort them for hand-me-downs.  I'm trying to keep very litte.  The idea is that the kids will have only enough clothes that they'll wear them out as they outgrow them.  Then there wil be no need of hand-me-downs.  Make sense? 

So here's the older boys' wardrobes:

8yo (He has more than anticipated, it could be pared down further!)

-10 socks

-10 underwear (he had 20!!!, how crazy is that!)

-7 play shirts

-5 shorts (for the coming summer)

-4 jeans (for right now)

-3 polos

-3 pjs

-2 long sleeve dress shirts

-2 short sleeve dress shirts

-1 pair of dress pants

-1 hoodie

- 1 sweater

-1 jacket/coat

-1 pair of dress shoes

-1 pair of tennis shoes

-1 baseball uniform

-1 pair of practice baseball pants

2YO

-10 socks

-7 play shirts

-5 jeans (1 is camo)

-5 pjs

-2 dress shirts (1 has a sweater vest with it)

-2 polos

-1 sweater

-1 hoodie

-1 jacket/coat

-1 pair of tennis shoes

Now, I have to do the baby clothes, which will be much harder.  I've had three boy babies in two and a half years....there are a lot of BLUE baby clothes here!!!

6:18 PM - Feb. 26, 2007 - post comment

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I love that verse that you posted!! After reading this post, I put on my spring to do list to go through our clothing also. Thanks!! You inspired me. Not just the clothes thing but I am weary right now. I sometimes feel as though I am not bearing fruit through my efforts. Just this morning I was questioning myself as an effective mother. Which I know are the whispering of the enemy. But some days I fee like that. That I am not doing it right. Thanks. Blessings on your day!!

brooke - 9:42 AM - Feb. 27, 2007

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Oh, I hear you about the clothes. Sometimes I look at my kids' wardrobes and just sigh. They have so much stuff. We are truly blessed, aren't we? A little too blessed, at times.

BooksandBairns - 10:53 PM - Mar. 1, 2007

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